The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Andy Kotelnicki.
Offensive coordinator · 11 seasons · 6 stints · 3 programs4 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.21#19 of 472 · more than most
The tenure clock
Every stop re-aligned to its own first year, so the stops stack instead of scrolling past each other. The gray dashed line is a reference, not a path: each point is the median of whoever was still in the job that year, across every real OC/DC stint since 2014 at that role, and the pool shrinks year over year because surviving to a later year means not having been fired.
Buffalo 2015–2020
Kansas 2021–2023
Penn State 2024–2025
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Buffalo, 6 years
+62.5
34.0 to 96.5 percentile.
Kansas, 3 years
+76.2
21.2 to 97.4 percentile.
Penn State, 2 years
−12.5
97.4 to 84.9 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
+4.7
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 52.7% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2019 | Buffalo | 66.0 | 34.0 | 79.6 | +18.6 |
| 2020–2020 | Buffalo | 75.0 | 96.5 | 96.5 | +63.0 |
| 2021–2022 | Kansas | 0.4 | 21.2 | 91.2 | +7.2 |
| 2023–2023 | Kansas | 91.2 | 97.4 | 97.4 | +46.3 |
| 2024–2024 | Penn State | 85.3 | 97.4 | 97.4 | +31.8 |
| 2025–2025 | Penn State | 97.4 | 84.9 | 84.9 | +18.8 |
Penn State 2025–2025: ranked 97th the year before he arrived, 85th at its best — went backwards.